Shiba Inu edged higher as traders responded to a fresh increase in token-burning activity, lifting SHIB by about 1.11 per cent over 24 hours while trading volume rose 18.05 per cent. Market attention centred on a 24.51 per cent rise in the burn rate, with roughly 22.89 million SHIB sent to inaccessible wallets during the same 24-hour window. The move reinforced a familiar argument among holders: removing […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Qatar’s media-sector push has gained fresh momentum after Media City Qatar and the International Association for MediaTech entered a Platinum Partnership designed to raise the country’s profile as a regional centre for media, technology and content creation. Announced in Doha on 26 April 2026, the agreement gives Media City Qatar wider access to IAMT’s international platforms, industry events, market intelligence and training […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai QNB Egypt has signed an EGP 5.5 billion medium-term facility agreement with MARAKEZ to finance part of the investment cost for residential and commercial expansion at District 5, strengthening one of East Cairo’s major mixed-use developments at a time when developers are turning increasingly to structured bank financing. The agreement covers funding for District 5, a 268-acre project in New Katameya that combines […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Nokia has chosen Egypt as its support hub for the Middle East and Africa, setting up a centralised operational centre in Cairo to handle regional support activities and customer services across one of the world’s most diverse telecoms markets. The move places Egypt at the centre of Nokia’s service delivery model for operators, enterprises and public-sector customers across the region. The Cairo hub […]
OpenAI has opened a GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty programme that invites selected researchers to test whether the company’s latest model can be pushed past safeguards designed to block dangerous biological guidance. The initiative offers a reward of up to $25,000 for the first verified “universal jailbreak” capable of defeating a five-question biosafety challenge from a clean chat without triggering moderation. The model in scope is GPT-5.5 in […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Gulf Bank has renewed its long-term strategic collaboration with Mastercard, strengthening a payments alliance aimed at expanding digital banking services, improving transaction security and responding to changing customer behaviour across Kuwait’s financial sector. The renewed agreement gives Gulf Bank continued access to Mastercard’s payment technologies, digital solutions and global expertise, with a focus on contactless payments, mobile wallet services, card security, customer convenience […]
Ras Al Khaimah’s residential property market cooled in deal activity during 2025, but rising prices, higher rents and a strong development pipeline signalled that demand remained intact despite a more selective investment climate. The emirate recorded about 6,600 residential sales transactions during the year, down 17.4 per cent from roughly 8,000 deals in 2024. Total sales value fell 24.7 per cent to Dhs12.4 billion, with the slowdown […]
UAE aviation fuel supply chains are set for tighter coordination after ENOC Group and Emirates Petroleum Company, Emarat, signed an agreement to build a joint business continuity planning framework for Jet A-1 operations. The memorandum of understanding is designed to protect fuel availability at key aviation hubs during operational disruption, supply pressure or logistics constraints. It sets out a structured mechanism for cooperation between the two […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned visit to Pakistan by two of his senior envoys for negotiations over the Iran conflict, leaving a fragile ceasefire under deeper strain and casting doubt on the next phase of diplomacy aimed at halting a war that has unsettled energy markets and widened security risks across West Asia. Trump told Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, and special […]
By K Raveendran Over 70 Opposition members of the Rajya Sabha have opened a new constitutional front against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, submitting a fresh notice for his removal on grounds they describe as “proven misbehaviour”. The move comes after an earlier attempt was rejected and is centred on allegations including partisan enforcement of […]
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CNTXT AI has launched Munsit Emirati TTS, a native Arabic text-to-speech model designed to produce real-time, human-like speech in the UAE dialect for enterprise and consumer applications. The Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence company is positioning the system as a response to a long-running weakness in global voice technology: the inability of many speech engines to capture Arabic dialects with natural rhythm, pronunciation and cultural nuance. The […]
Washington’s plan to send Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan has opened a narrow diplomatic track with Tehran, even as Iran publicly dampened expectations of direct talks to halt an eight-week war that has unsettled energy markets and deepened regional instability. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday that Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, and Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, would leave on Saturday […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Wall Street climbed to record levels as hopes for renewed US-Iran diplomacy, a stronger-than-expected Intel forecast and reduced uncertainty around Federal Reserve succession combined to fuel a broad risk rally across US assets. S&P 500 gained nearly 1 per cent on Friday, extending its longest weekly advance since 2024 and pushing the benchmark to an all-time high. Nasdaq also advanced, helped by a […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai UAE authorities have launched an ambitious public-sector transformation programme to move half of government sectors, services and operations onto agentic artificial intelligence within two years, marking a major shift from digital service delivery towards autonomous government systems. The initiative was announced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, under the […]
Hardware Built for Local Conditions
The company isn’t just showing off standard gear; they’ve brought systems specifically designed to handle the challenges of the local energy landscape.
A New Partnership with MIA Group
The big news from the show floor is the new Annual Channel Distribution Strategic Partnership with MIA Group. MIA Group is already a household name in Pakistan for HVAC and energy, and this deal means they’ll be the main bridge for Midea Hiconics’ tech to reach the local market.
“We’re excited to get to work with MIA Group,” a Midea Hiconics spokesperson said. “They have the reach and the local knowledge we need. By putting our hardware in their hands, we’re making it much easier for people here to switch to reliable, clean energy without the usual headaches.”
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Midea Hiconics (SHE: 300048) has been around since 2003 and joined the Midea Group in 2020. They focus on green energy, home storage, and industrial tech, building smart tools that help people take control of their own power.
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Under the agreement, Umoney will be integrated as a direct payment method within the Green SM app. The two parties will also implement an embedded integration model enabling Umoney users to seamlessly access Green SM’s mobility services directly within the Umoney platform.
For the first time in Laos, customers will experience a fully seamless ride-hailing journey with fares processed instantly via the Umoney e-wallet upon trip completion, replacing the previously common manual bank transfer method. Users simply link their Umoney wallet to the Green SM app for fast, convenient, and fully cashless transactions. Additionally, customers using partner banking applications can pay drivers through Umoney’s QR system, delivering a flexible, fast, and secure payment experience that enhances user convenience and broadens customer reach across both platforms.
As part of the collaboration, Green SM Laos will provide comprehensive mobility solutions for Umoney’s enterprise partners and individual customers, including Green SM Car electric ride-hailing, Green SM Limo, Green SM Airport transfer services, as well as corporate travel packages and flexible, customized mobility plans. Umoney, in turn, will collaborate with Green SM to develop digital financial and payment solutions tailored for drivers within the Green SM ecosystem, encompassing e-wallet services, direct income disbursement, operational expense payments, and cash flow management tools. This synergy is designed to optimize operational efficiency while enhancing the experience for businesses, drivers, and end-users alike.
Beyond mobility and payment solutions, both parties plan to expand their shared digital services ecosystem by integrating Umoney and Unitel’s telecommunications and digital utilities into the Green SM platform, including SIM card registration, mobile top-ups, data package purchases, and other digital services, thereby enhancing the value proposition for users across both platforms.
The two companies will also jointly roll out customer benefit programs targeting Umoney users in Laos, with a particular focus on airports, transaction points, and key high-traffic locations. Through integrated service offerings and incentives promoting electric mobility, Green SM and Umoney aim to foster environmentally responsible travel habits while delivering greater value to customers within their shared ecosystem.
Mr. Ha Chien Thang, Director of Star Fintech Sole Co., Ltd, shared:”Our partnership with Green SM marks a significant milestone in Umoney’s strategy to develop a comprehensive digital finance ecosystem in Laos. The integration of payment capabilities and digital services not only enhances user convenience but also contributes to the advancement of cashless payments and the broader digital transformation of the economy.”
Ms. Tran Hanh An, Director of Mobility Services Sales at Green SM Vietnam & Laos, stated: “The partnership between Umoney and Green SM reflects a shared commitment to connecting the essential infrastructures of modern urban life, from digital finance and telecommunications to a green mobility ecosystem. Through this collaboration, we aim to expand benefits for our customers and driver community while driving meaningful green transformation that is firmly grounded in everyday mobility and consumption needs.”
Furthermore, Green SM and Umoney will collaborate on multi-channel communications initiatives to strengthen brand awareness and expand their combined customer base. Planned activities include co-branded campaigns, promotional programs for new users, digital platform communications, and on-ground experiential activations in key markets.
The partnership between Green SM and Umoney marks a significant convergence of two leading ecosystems in green mobility and digital finance in Laos, united in their pursuit of integrated service solutions that meet the increasingly diverse demands of modern urban life. This collaboration also represents a pivotal step toward fostering innovation, elevating the user experience, and contributing to the sustainable growth of the digital economy in Laos.
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By T N Ashok In most democracies, high voter turnout is read as a simple good—an affirmation of faith in the system. In India, it is rarely that straightforward. The extraordinary participation seen in the 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal—with turnout brushing past 84% and 90% respectively—demands a more layered reading. […]
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The move follows high-level talks involving the Financial Services Agency, the Bank of Japan, national cyber security officials, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group and Japan Exchange Group. The focus is Anthropic’s Mythos, a powerful AI model developed for defensive cyber security work but now regarded by regulators as a potential systemic risk if similar capabilities reach hostile actors.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has framed the issue as an urgent challenge for core financial institutions, warning that Japan’s highly connected financial system could face cascading disruption if attackers used AI to identify and exploit weaknesses before institutions could repair them. No breach linked to Mythos has been reported, but officials are pressing banks to examine incident response plans, software exposure, vendor dependencies and market-continuity arrangements.
Japan tightens bank defences over Mythos as regulators confront a new cyber security problem: an AI tool built to strengthen software security may also demonstrate how fast the balance between defenders and attackers is shifting. Anthropic has said its Mythos Preview found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including flaws affecting every major operating system and web browser. The company has placed the model under restricted access through Project Glasswing, an effort to use frontier AI for defensive discovery before equivalent capabilities spread more widely.
Security specialists see the financial sector as particularly exposed because banks rely on layered infrastructure that includes legacy systems, cloud services, trading platforms, third-party vendors and customer-facing applications. A vulnerability in one component may not remain isolated. Settlement systems, payment networks and securities markets depend on trust, synchronised data and rapid processing, leaving little tolerance for prolonged outages or uncertainty.
Japan’s top lenders have spent heavily on cyber resilience after a series of global incidents involving ransomware, software supply-chain attacks and attacks on critical infrastructure. Yet regulators remain concerned that AI-enabled vulnerability discovery could compress the time between flaw identification and exploitation. Traditional patch cycles often take days or weeks, while advanced models may help attackers generate working exploit paths far faster.
The task force is expected to coordinate technical assessments, information sharing and emergency procedures across the financial sector. Officials are also likely to examine how institutions verify third-party software, monitor anomalous activity and isolate critical operations during a cyber event. For exchanges and clearing systems, the priority will be maintaining orderly trading and settlement even if parts of the technology stack come under pressure.
The concern extends beyond Japan. Regulators in Asia, Europe and the United States have been urging banks to review their cyber controls as AI systems become more capable of code analysis, vulnerability chaining and automated exploitation. The issue has moved from a narrow technology debate into the domain of financial stability, because a successful attack on a major bank or exchange could quickly affect liquidity, confidence and cross-border transactions.
Anthropic has presented Mythos as a controlled defensive tool rather than a public product. The company says the model is intended to help responsible institutions find and fix vulnerabilities before they are misused. That defence has not removed policy concerns. The same capability that enables security teams to uncover hidden bugs can also lower the barrier for sophisticated offensive activity if access controls fail or comparable models emerge elsewhere.
Japan’s response reflects a broader shift in cyber regulation. Authorities are moving away from treating cyber security as a compliance checklist and towards stress-testing how institutions would cope with fast-moving, AI-assisted threats. Banks may face pressure to shorten patching timelines, improve software inventories and strengthen board-level oversight of technology risk.
For Japan, the issue also intersects with its ambition to modernise finance while promoting digital innovation. The country is expanding fintech services, digital payments and AI adoption across corporate operations, but regulators are signalling that innovation must be matched by stronger safeguards. Financial institutions are being asked to prepare for a threat environment in which attackers may use tools that can scan, reason and adapt at machine speed.
The immediate test for the task force will be whether it can turn concern into operational readiness. That means clear reporting channels, shared technical indicators, realistic crisis drills and faster coordination between banks, regulators, exchanges and cyber agencies. Japan’s financial authorities are seeking to prevent an AI-driven security breakthrough from becoming a market-disrupting event.
Dubai’s flagship carrier expects demand to recover quickly once the Iran conflict eases, with president Sir Tim Clark signalling confidence that operational disruption will not leave a lasting dent in the airline’s growth trajectory. Speaking by videolink at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit in Berlin on Thursday, Clark said Emirates could regain momentum by the end of the summer if a political or military settlement emerges within […]
I remain strongly positive on AI. The pace of development, the scale of capital flowing into the sector, and the productivity upside it promises are all significant. Equity markets have responded accordingly, with leadership concentrated in semiconductors, cloud platforms, and software. The concentration reflects real earnings power and strong visibility. At the same time, the investment landscape around AI is broadening. The next phase is taking shape, […]
Bitwarden’s command-line interface package was briefly poisoned through npm after attackers abused a GitHub Actions workflow in its software release pipeline, turning a trusted password-management tool into a potential route for stealing developer credentials, cloud secrets and CI/CD tokens. The affected package was @bitwarden/cli version 2026.4.0, distributed through npm between 5:57pm and 7:30pm Eastern Time on 22 April 2026. The compromise did not affect Bitwarden’s core vault […]
Dubai’s advertising market has become the launchpad for a new AI-powered creative intelligence system from Omnicom Advertising and Google, marking the first customised deployment of Google’s ABCD AI detector in the Africa, Middle East and Turkey region and setting up a wider rollout across client markets this year. The system combines Google’s framework for evaluating effective YouTube video creatives with Omnicom’s proprietary creative AI, giving advertisers a […]
Cybersecurity teams running local artificial intelligence models are facing a high-risk exposure after a flaw in Ollama’s model-processing system was found to allow attackers to extract sensitive server memory through a malicious model file. Tracked as CVE-2026-5757, the vulnerability affects the model quantisation engine used by Ollama, an open-source platform widely adopted by developers and enterprises to run large language models on personal computers, workstations and servers. […]
Cyber-attacks on higher and further education institutions jumped 63 per cent over a year, exposing universities and colleges to a sharper wave of ransomware, data theft, hacktivism and state-linked intrusion as digital learning systems become central to academic life. The findings point to 425 recorded incidents across 67 countries in the latest 12-month assessment period, compared with 260 in the preceding year. The rise reflects not only […]
